Architectural bronze and iron

ARCHITECTVRAL
BRONZE AND IRON
WORKS. TORONTO

CANADIAN ALLIS-CHALMERS

LIMITED

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ARCHITECTURAL
BRONZE • AND • IRON

BULLETIN 2000 DECEMBER, 1913

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HEAD OFFICE AND PLANT
ARCHITECTURAL BRONZE AND IRON WORKS

LANSDOWNE AND ROYCE AVENUES, TORONTO

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Copyright, Canada, 1918
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Our Facilities

For the Manufacture of

Architectural Bronze and Iron

THE BRONZE FITTING SHOP

THE Ornamental Iron Department of the Canada Foundry Co., Limited,
was established in 1901 by the purchase of the business of the Toronto
Fence & Ornamental Iron Works, occupying a plant in Queen St. East.
In 1903 the Department was moved to the plant at King St. Subway, where it
remained until the fall of 1912, when it was again moved into the present new
plant at Lansdowne and Royce Aves,

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THE IRON FITTING SHOP

We beg to announce that these works will henceforth be operated under the
control of Canadian Allis-Chalmers, Limited, and will be known as "Architectural
Bronze & Iron Works, Toronto." The business will be carried on as distinctly
separate as possible, so that Architects and Contractors should be able to obtain a
closer connection with our especial production and avoid possibility of confusion
with other branches of the parent Company. The Architectural Bronze & Iron
Works will be represented in all the district offices of Canadian Allis-Chalmers,
Limited, so that direct communication may be obtained by customers as quickly
as possible, with competent Agents.

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THE IRON FOUNDRY

The development of the use of Ornamental Iron and Bronze in the buildings
of Canada in recent years has kept pace with the great progress in the buildings
themselves. In no other way has the advancement of this Country been so remark-
ably demonstrated, as in the Architectural monuments which have been erected
in every City from Halifax to Victoria. Perhaps in no other Country has advance-
ment in industry, trade, culture and the arts been so general throughout the entire
land. There is in the West as much appreciation and demand for the best in every-
thing as in the East. This is particularly evident in the public buildings which
in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg,
stand the closest comparison with those in the Cities of the East.

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In the earlier years there were so few of the higher class of buildings being
erected in Canada that there was no inducement to manufacture such portions as
Ornamental Iron and Bronze, so that it was necessary to import practically all of it.
This Company has endeavored to meet the demands of the best architects by build-
ing up a manufacturing plant to produce the highest quality of both bronze and
iron as applied to decorative architectural treatment. That this has been a long
and serious task is easy to imagine when it is understood that our chief com-
petitors have been American concerns of long experience and established reputa-
tion and that skilled labor for the various branches of the work has been most
difficult to obtain. The measure of our success can be ascertained by consulting
the list of the buildings in which we have installed our work and of the Architects
under whom the work has been produced.

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THE PLATING SHOP

We would call attention to the proportion of the work we have done in the past
six years to all the important work done in Canada during that period. The volume
of business increased at least four-fold up to the time when we vacated the old
Subway Works. Our buildings and equipment there were added to from time to
time until we could go no farther, as we were surrounded on all sides by the
railroads and were unable to obtain more ground on which to build. In the
beginning of 1912 it was decided that nothing should prevent us from keeping up
with the general development of the Country, and the Manager of our Ornamental
Iron Works was authorized to have plans prepared for an entirely new plant to be
built on the most modern lines and to be equipped with the latest and best machinery
obtainable, with the result that we are now established in a plant which we believe
to be second to none of its kind on this Continent.

PART OF THE STOCK ROOM

Our new shops have a capacity equal to double that of the old plant and we
have room enough for extensions to make it three times what it formerly was.
We take pleasure in inviting Architects, Contractors and those interested in
Ornamental Iron and Bronze Work to visit us and see the work we do and the
processes involved in producing it. Our works are entirely self-contained for our
especial production. From the office and estimating staff to the draughting room,
the pattern shops and modelling room, the iron foundry, the bronze foundry, the
fitting shops for iron and bronze, the plating plant, the blacksmith and grille shops,
every department is as complete as possible. We are connected with the Grand
Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railroads and thus have the best of shipping facilities.

And while we have been concentrating our best efforts on the production
of high-class ornamental iron and bronze we have no intention of neglecting any of
those lines of work which are generally included in Ornamental Iron Specifica-
tions, such as plain stairs, fire escapes, fences and gates, grills of all kinds, street
lamps and special standards, sidewalk lights, sidewalk doors, area work, etc.

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ILLUSTRATIONS
of RECENT WORK

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Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird,

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Bank of Toronto,
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Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird,

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Cast Iron Fire Dogs
Grand Trunk Station, Ross & MacFarlane,

Ottawa Architects

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Cast Iron Stairs

Transportation Building, Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird,

Montreal Architects

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Bronze Entrance

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Montreal

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Traders Bank,
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Wrought Iron Entrance

F. S. Baker,
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Cast and Wrought Iron Entrance

Bank of Toronto, Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird,

West Toronto Architects

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Bronze Elevator Enclosure and Stairs

Bank of Toronto, Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird,

Head Office Architects

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Bronze Elevator Enclosures

Winnipeg Electric Ry. Chambers,
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C. S. Frost and Pratt & Ross,
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Winnipeg Architects

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Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird,

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Cast Iron Elevator Enclosure

Windsor Station,
Montreal

Barott, Blackader & Webster,
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Cast Iron and Glass Marquise

W. H. Cawthra,
Toronto

Chapman & McGiffin,
Architects

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Art Metropole, Jas. Mitchell,

Toronto Architect

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Power House,
Electrical Development Co., Niagara Falls

Cast Iron Window Frames and Sash

E. J. Lennox,
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Toronto General Trusts
Corporation

Cast Iron and Steel Vault Grills

G. M. Miller,
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Robert Simpson Co., Ltd.,
Toronto

Sidewalk Lights

Burke, Horwood & White,
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Cast Iron Window Spandril

B.C. Electric Railway,
Vancouver

Somervell & Putnam,
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Iron Balcony Railing

Bank of Commerce,
Montreal

Darling & Pearson,
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Legislative Assembly, George W. Gouinlock,

Toronto Architect

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Bronze Tablet

Hudson's Bay Co. Store,
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Bank of Hamilton,
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Mills & Hutton,
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Some of Our Contracts

Bank of Montreal, St. Johns, Nfld.
Bank of Nova Scotia, Kingston, Jamaica
Dominion Iron & Steel Co. Bldg., Sydney, N.S. .

Bank of Nova Scotia, Truro, N.S

Merchants Bank, Halifax, N.S

Transportation Building, Montreal
Windsor St. Station, Montreal ....
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Montreal
Drummond Building, Montreal
Guarantee Building. Montreal ....
Imperial Wire and Cable Co. Buildings, Montreal

Jacobs Building, Montreal

Chateau Laurier, Ottawa

Rosenthal Building, Ottawa ....

Blackburn Bldg., Ottawa

Royal Bank Bldg., Toronto

Dominion Bank, Head Office, Toronto .
Toronto University, Toronto . . . .

Toronto General Hospital, Toronto

Royal Bank Bldg., Toronto

Bank of Toronto, Head Office Bldg.
C.P.R. Office Building, Toronto ....
Toronto General Trust Bldg., Toronto .

Bowles Building, Toronto

Traders Bank, Bloor & Yonge Branch
Robt. Simpson Co. Store, Toronto
Quebec Bank Bldg., Toronto ....

Ontario Club, Toronto

Mason & Risch Bldg., Toronto ....
Bank of Toronto Bldg., Queen & Logan Ave., Toronto
J. C. Eaton Residence, Toronto ....

Dental College, Toronto

Gayety Theatre, Toronto

Union Bank, Head Office Building, Toronto
Standard Bank, Head Office, Toronto
Mutual Life Assurance Co. Bldg., Waterloo
O'Keefe Brewery Co. Bldg., Toronto
International Mausoleum, Toronto
W.C.T.U. Building, Toronto ....

Lorie Building, Toronto.

Ryrie Building, Yonge & Shuter Sts., Toronto

Peden & McLaren, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Ross & MacFarlane, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Hogle & Davis, Architects
Carrere & Hastings and E.G. Bird, Architects
Barott, Blackader & Webster, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
H. C. Stone, Architect
Kenneth G. Rea, Architect
W. J. Carmichael, Architect
Mitchell & Creighton, Architects
Ross & MacFarlane, Architects
Weeks & Keefer, Architects
W. E. Noffke, Architect
Ross & Macdonald, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects
Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
G. M. Miller, Architect
Harris & Merritt, Architects
F. S. Baker, Architect
Burke, Horwood & White, Architects
Curry & Sparling, Architects
Sproatt & Rolph, Architects
Bond & Smith, Architects
Chapman & McGiffin, Architects
Wickson & Gregg, Architects
Burke, Horwood & White, Architects
. G. W. Gouinlock, Architect
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
Darling & Pearson, Architects
C. F. Hettinger & Co., Boston, Architects
Green & Wicks, Buffalo, Architects
Burke, Horwood & White, Architects
Burke, Horwood & White, Architects
Burke, Horwood & White, Architects

Some of Our Contracts

Imperial Bank, Hamilton . . . . Jno. M. Lyle, Architect

Registry Office, Hamilton Stewart McPhee, Architect

Landed Banking & Loan Bldg., Hamilton Chas. Mills, Architect

Terminal Station Bldg., Hamilton . - Mills & Hutton, Architects

Federal Life Bldg., Hamilton Finley & Spence, Architects

Bell Telephone Building, Hamilton W. J. Carmichael, Architect

Dominion Bank, Hamilton Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects

Bank of Hamilton Head Office, Hamilton Mills & Hutton, Architects

Electrical Development Co. Power House, Niagara Falls E. J. Lennox, Architect

Court House Entrance, Brantford Taylor & Taylor, Architects

Dominion Bank, St. Thomas Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects

Dominion Bank, Windsor Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects

Prince Arthur Hotel, Port Arthur Warren & Wetmore, Architects

Union Station, Winnipeg Warren & Wetmore, Architects

Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg Ross & Macdonald, Architects

Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg McKim, Meade & White, Architects

Canadian Bank of Commerce, Winnipeg ...... Darling & Pearson, Architects

Great West Life Building, Winnipeg John D. Atchison & Co., Architects

Merchants Bank, Winnipeg John D. Atchison & Co., Architects

Royal Bank, Winnipeg Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects

Bank of Nova Scotia, Winnipeg Darling & Pearson, Architects

Winnipeg Electric Building, Winnipeg C. S. Frost and Pratt & Ross, Architects

Land Titles Building, Regina Department of Public Works, Architects

Land Titles Building, Calgary Department of Public Works, Architects

C.P.R. Hotel, Calgary E. & W. S. Maxwell, Architects

Hudson's Bay Store, Calgary Burke, Horwood & White, Architects

Bank of Ottawa, Vancouver Somervell & Putnam, Architects

B.C. Electric Bldg., Vancouver Somervell & Putnam, Architects

Pacific Building, Vancouver Somervell & Putnam, Architects

Merchants Bank, Vancouver Somervell & Putnam, Architects

Canadian Bank of Commerce, Vancouver Darling & Pearson, Architects

Canada Life Bldg., Vancouver Darling & Pearson, Architects

Court House, Vancouver Thos. Hooper, Architect

Imperial Bank, Vancouver Darling & Pearson, Architects

Dominion Bank, Vancouver Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects

Bank of Montreal, Vancouver Honeyman & Curtis, Architects

Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver Painter & Swales, Architects

Empress Hotel, Victoria F. M. Rattenbury, Architect

B.C. Permanent Loan Bldg., Victoria . G. GriflEith, Architect

Dominion Bank, Victoria, B.C Carrere & Hastings and E. G. Bird, Architects

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Classification of Our Products

Grille Work, Bronze and Iron.

Register Faces in Iron and Bronze.

Stairs of every description in Cast Iron or Steel, Bronze Plated or

Painted, or in Genuine Bronze.

Railings in Wrought Iron, Cast Iron, Pipe or Genuine Bronze.

Elevator Enclosures in Cast Iron, Wrought Iron and Genuine Bronze,
Made in Grill Form or in Sash with Glass in Panels.

Elevator Cars to Special Designs in all Finishes.

Entrance Doors in Cast Iron, Panelled Steel, Genuine Bronze,
Bronze Plated or Bronze Covered Wood.

Frames in Cast Iron, Steel and Bronze for Window Openings,

Entrances, etc.

Spandrils and Mullions for Window Openings.

Thresholds of all Kinds in Lead, Steel, Bronze or Brass.

Marqueses and Canopies, Including Glass, Copper Flashings, etc.,

Complete.

Store Fronts in Cast Iron or Steel Bars and in Genuine Bronze

OR Brass.

Steel Sash.

Window Guards, Plain and Ornamental.

Lamp Standards, Bracket Lamps and Lanterns, in Wrought Iron, Cast

Iron and Genuine Bronze.

Memorial Tablets in Bronze.

Signs in Bronze and Brass, Letters Raised or Incised.

Counter Railings for Banking Rooms, in Plated Iron or Genuine Bronze.

Tellers' Cages for Banking Rooms, in Plated Iron or Genuine Bronze.

Balconies.

Directory Board Frames in Iron and Bronze.

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Classification of Our Products

Flag Poles in Steel, Complete with all Stays, Mast, Blocks and Guys.

Steel Plate Doors and Frames.
Steel Frames for Kalameined Doors.

Boiler Plate Wainscot.
Wheel Guards of Cast Iron or Steel.
Skylight Guards of Wire Mesh.
Sidewalk Lights of Reinforced Concrete.
Sidewalk Lights of Steel Bar Construction.
Sidewalk Lights with Cast Iron Frames.
Skylights Similar to Sidewalk Lights, with Larger Glass.
Sidewalk Doors with Vault Lights Inserted.
Sidewalk Doors of Checkered Steel.
Coal Hole Covers, with Glass Inserted.
Coal Hole Covers, with Checkered Surface.
Coal Chutes of Steel.

Clean-out Doors.
Fences of all Kinds.
Entrance Gates.
Area Gratings.
Floor Gratings of Cast and Wrought Iron.
Pipe Trench Covers and Frames.
Fire Escapes.
Ladders of all Kinds.
Lockers, Expanded Metal and Pressed Steel.
Bronze and Glass Show Cases and Museum Cases.
Fountains (Cast Iron).

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